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  1. 1. Which actress played Basil Fawlty’s wife in Fawlty Towers? Answer = 2. Which model replaced the Vauxhall Victor in 1975? Answer = 3. What name is given to a reusable spacecraft such as Columbia or Challenger? Answer = 4. Prior to 1810 where in London was all British coinage made? Answer = 5. Which element has the atomic number 1? Answer = 6. Born with the surname Fluck, which popular British actress died in 1984? Answer = 7. In what year was Princess Margaret married? Answer = 8. What type of aircraft crashed over Lockerbie? Answer = 9. Sb is the symbol for Antimony. True or false? Answer = 10. Which medical device was invented by Dr Rene Laennec to preserve the modesty of female patients? Answer = 11. Who was the tallest of Robin Hood’s men? Answer = 12. With which hand does Def Leppard’s drummer, Rick Allen play the drums? Answer = I’ll bet you didn’t know …. Lettuce is the only vegetable that is not sold frozen, bottled, processed or pre-cooked. Answer = I didn’t
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  2. Some of the names of the rows are incorrect. The photo has been enlarged and cropped and has cut off Shiney Row which can be seen on the extreme left of the main photo. Telephone Row and Cross Row are correct but - Shiney Row should read Doctor Terrace. Doctor Terrace should read North Terrace. North Terrace should read New South Row. This is an interesting photo as it shows two winding houses. It shows a new brick built electric winding house (it was later painted white) and in front of it the old steam driven winding house. As I mentioned in a previous posting the steam driven winder was replaced with the electric winder in 1921. So there was loss in production, the new winder house was built behind the old one. The pulley ropes from the old winder were then passed through to the new electric winder and the old steam driven winder house with its chimney demolished. (Information taken from James Tuck’s book “The Collieries of Northumberland”) This photo show both winding houses in 1921 so it was taken exactly 100 years ago this year!
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